Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- The Online Gambling Eradication Desk arrested 259 suspects between May 2025 and August 26, 2025, an official said.

"The number of cases successfully solved was 235, with the arrest of 259 suspects," the Director of the Cyber Crime Directorate, Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji, informed in a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday.

According to him, hundreds of suspects comprised various roles: 14 organizers, 11 assistants, three administrators, 14 operators, one collector, four telemarketers, 12 endorsers, and 200 players.

In addition to law enforcement, the Online Gambling Eradication Desk has also carried out preemptive and preventive measures, Aji remarked.

The preemptive activities implemented included the p...